Holiday weekend means opening of area pools
Amanda Steen | Herald-Standard
Supervisor Joe Marcinek cleans the Franklin Township Community Pool in preparation for their opening Memorial Day weekend.
Amanda Steen | Herald-Standard
Maintenance worker Rebecca Leary paints the diving board at the Franklin Township Community Pool as part of preparations for their opening this weekend.
Offering local residents a chance to exercise and relax in the great outdoors, area municipal swimming pools are scheduled to open this Memorial Day weekend.
Franklin Township officials announce the swimming pool at Franklin Township Community Park, located at 115 Warchol Road, off Route 201 in Flatwoods, will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
“We’re hopeful we have a nice crowd,” said Tom McCracken, township supervisor.
“We usually have a nice crowd for Memorial Day weekend,” said Joe Marcinek, township supervisor.
The pool will continue to be open weekdays from 4 to 8 p.m. while school is in session and noon to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Once school is out, the pool will be open from noon to 8 p.m. daily. All times are weather permitting.
Admission is $8 while those ages 4 and under are admitted for free. Individual season passes are available for $100 each. The pool offers admission to an evening swim from 6 to 8 p.m. daily for $3. The park has pavilions for rent for parties and reunions. For more information, contact Janet Guthrie at the township building at 724-677-2172.
In operation since 1961, this is the fifth season the pool has been open since undergoing renovations that included enlarging the pool and adding water-play features.
Meanwhile, the Greene County Department of Recreation announced that two of its three public pools will open this weekend while a third is undergoing renovations and will open later this summer.
Alpha Aquatic Center, located at 200 E. Roy Furman Highway, Route 21, in Waynesburg will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, while Carmichaels Pool, located at 355 Ceylon Road, which runs between Routes 21 and 88, will be open from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
These pools will be closed May 27-30 while school is in session and open daily, beginning Saturday, May 31.
Aquatic center hours will be noon to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission prices are $5 for children age 17 and younger and senior citizens age 62 and older and $7 for adults ages 18 to 61. Season memberships for a family of four start at $379, plus $60 for a fifth person, $50 for a sixth person and $40 for a seventh person. Individual season memberships are $140 for children age 17 and younger and senior citizens 62 and older and $170 for adults ages 18 to 61.
Carmichaels Pool will be open from 1 to 7 p.m. daily. Admission rates are $3 for children age 17 and younger and senior citizens age 62 and older and $5 for adults ages 18 to 61. Season memberships for a family of four are $219 for county residents and $249 for non-county residents, plus $50 for each additional person. Individual memberships are $120 for children age 17 and younger and senior citizens age 62 and older, and $150 for adults ages 18 to 61.
Mon View Pool, located at Mon View Park on Stoney Hill Road in Greensboro, is currently undergoing renovations, made possible through an $800,000 grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority Greenways Trails and Recreation Grant, explained Pam Blaker, parks and recreation manager for Greene County.
The pool will open later this summer once construction is completed.
“The community is really excited,” said Blaker of the renovations.
A press release from the Department of Recreation explained once completed, the Mon View pool will feature a water slide, climbing wall and a 4,000-gallon, zero-depth-entry children’s play area with a bench and sprinklers.
Blaker said, “They’re putting in a pump house and will have a new circulation and filtration system. They’ll have a new deck around the pool.”
Improvements have also been made to Mon View Park.
“They put in a mile-and-a-half trail around the park. We purchased a new swing set with eight swings. There are a couple of new seesaws and something called a whirl that has a pole and a round metal top with handles that they can swing on like a top,” Blaker said.
Five of the eight picnic pavilions at Mon View Park are available to rent at various rates.
The release explained:
The acquatic center features a 330,000-gallon competition-sized pool with eight lap lanes, two diving boards and a 12-foot diving pool; a 40-by-40-foot children’s play area, including a 148-foot, spiral water slide, a 25-foot straight water slide, a 180-foot “lazy river” with tubes for floating, water jets and other play equipment; a bath house with lockers, restrooms, showers and changing facilities; and a concession stand and seating area. A community room is available on-site to rent for birthdays or other special events in June and July. The fee is $45 to rent for two hours, from either 1 to 3 or 4 to 6 p.m.
Carmichaels Pool features a 300,000-gallon Z-shaped pool, a diving board, an 11-foot diving pool, an 8-foot water slide and a 70-foot spiral water slide, a 15-by-15-foot children’s play area, lockers, restrooms, showers, changing facilities and snack machines. The facility will also be available to rent for parties from 7 to 9 p.m. in June and July. The cost is $80 without the use of the spiral water slide or $120 with the slide. Parties of 100 or more guests will cost an additional $40.
Swimming lessons will be available at the aquatic center and Carmichaels Pool. Sign-ups will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 at the aquatic center and Thursday, May 29, at Carmichaels Pool. Lessons are $25 per class and payment will be due when signing up for class.
Pools will be closed Aug. 25-29 and reopen Aug. 30 for the Labor Day holiday weekend. All pools will close for the season on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
Pool hours are subject to change due to staff availability or inclement weather. For more information, call the Department of Recreation at 724-852-5323.